Keep Me Oblivious Poem by Margaret Alice

In a state of emotional apathy,
single-minded focus on reading my
book, lost interest

in people and activities, feeling and
emotion, everything interferes with
the ice-cold focus

on finishing my book, engrossed in the
contents and reading like mad to get
to the end

to find the answer to every question evoked
by the text; you watch your programs on TV
while I read undisturbed

Once I wanted to stop; feel life coursing
through my veins; but I can’t anymore, once
commenced, the book must run its course

The more I read, the less need for activity;
consciousness can only exist in the context
of a new book

May reading remain the amnesia that it
has been, may the intoxication of words
keep me oblivious to the flow of life!